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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Enarxis - Over The Stars
Infinity-Tunes proudly presents the new Ep of the rising and talented Greek progressive psy project 'Enarxis'!Transcending your expectations of how things are,Enarxis effortlessly ascends to new heights with this fusion of spiritual tribal-psy and progressive tech.
Deep philosophy meets raging dance floor epics fueled by pristine and crisp production while maintaining all the right elements to deliver a satisfying conclusion!Enarxis aka Kostas Giannakopoulos and Achilleas Kalaitzoglou based in Athens/Greece,taking inspiration from various artists,they started to produce their own music from the early age.
It was not long before they exploited their potential and started to release their first tracks. Enarxis project reflects their psy-prog style of composition, which for sure will rock your world and inflame your senses!
In this new package,we can find two previously unreleased tracks with nice groovy rhythms,warm harmonies,fat leads and dynamic special effects based on a multimedia high energy production!These two new, upbeat, melodious and deeply tuneful tracks segregate their music from the rest of the artists that fall in this category!
Enarxis inclination to make powerful tracks allows them to pull the crowd into the vortex of energy that revolves around their persona.Their ability to create a vigorous atmosphere 'Across The Sky' and 'Over The Stars' is highly appreciated by many personalities in the Greek trance community and also around the globe!
https://soundcloud.com/infinity-tunes-records/enarxis-over-the-stars
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Growling Mad Scientists
GMS (also known as the Growling Mad Scientists) is a Dutch psychedelic trance duo which has attained significant popularity from the early 1990s to the present time (2010). Formed by Shajahan Matkin (also known as Riktam) and Joseph Quinteros (also known as Bansi) in the city of Amsterdam, located in the west of The Netherlands, the duo has attracted a large international fanbase. GMS founded Spun Records in 1999, the first psychedelic trance label in the United States and Ibiza, Spain.
In 2008, GMS left Spun Records to further concentrate on their own careers and had created in 2009 a new label to release all of their music from their own various bands called Starbox Music.
They have sold over 350.000 copies worldwide. Director Tony Scott used GMS tracks in his films Man on Fire, Domino and Unstoppable.
GMS won the Psy-Trance award twice (in 2001 and 2009) at the DJ Awards in Ibiza, Spain.
Members:
Riktam
Shajahan Matkin (Riktam) was born in 1976 in Amsterdam Holland. He met his co-member Bansi in a coffee shop when he was 14 years old. When he was 15 he left school and went to India where he travelled to Goa to experience his first trance parties. After returning to Amsterdam in 1995 from another trip to India, he started making music with his friend Bansi. They created a group called the Growling Mad Scientists or GMS as it became known. Now he lives in Ibiza, Spain and DJs and produces live shows around the world at various functions.
Bansi
Joseph Quinteros (Bansi) who was born in Barcelona in 1976. He played the drums for 6 years, starting at the age of 11. He also played bass and guitar, since his father was a musician. At 14 he met Riktam and after going to Goa together they founded GMS. He also now lives in Ibiza and tours the world on a constant basis.
Discography
Albums
Chaos Laboratory (Hadshot Haheizar, 1997)
The Growly Family (TIP Records, 1998)
GMS Vs. Systembusters (Spun Records, 1999)
Tri-Ball University (TIP, 2000)
The Hitz (TIP, 2000)
No Rules (Spirit Zone Records, 2002)
The Remixes (Spun, 2003)
Emergency Broadcast System (Spun, 2005)
Chaos Laboratory (Avatar Records, 2006) (Re-Release)
The Remixes Vol2 (Starbox, 2009)
Compilations[edit]
Genetic Process (Spun, 2002)
Genetic Process "Part Dose" (Spun, 2002)
Spunout (Spun, 2003)
Pressure (Spun, 2003)
Zero-1 (Spun, 2003)
Hypernova (Spun, 2004)
XXL (Spun, 2004)
Remote Viewing (Spun, 2005)
Zero Gravity (Spun, 2005)
The Outer Limits (Spun, 2005)
Spunout in Ibiza (Spun, 2007)
Recognitions[edit]
Awards[edit]
Ibiza DJ Awards
2001 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance[1]
2009 Best International DJ Psychedelic Trance[2]
Source: http://www.gms-music.com/
Monday, February 10, 2014
Bashar (Darryl Anka)
Darryl Anka (born on October 12, 1951) started his Hollywood career as a special effects designer working on such films as Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I Robot, Pirates of the Caribbean, Live Free or Die Hard and Iron Man. More recently, Anka wrote and directed a fictional documentary about the afterlife called Dearly Departed through his production company, Zia Films, and is currently (2013) in production on a documentary about channeling and extraterrestrial contact, based on two UFO sightings within one week of each other and subsequent experiences. He is an internationally known channeller having conducted seminars around the world for the past 30 years.
Anka claims that he began to communicate, through trance-channeling, with an extra-terrestrial entity called Bashar in 1983. He describes Bashar as existing in a parallel reality, in a time frame that we perceive as the future. The monologues and dialogues with Bashar cover a wide range of topics including human psychology, planetary evolution, metaphysics, and extra-terrestrials. Occasionally, Anka will act as a guest speaker in conferences related to issues such as ET contact. Anka also claims to have channeled other entities, and the entity Bashar has also been channeled by other mediums.
Anka appeared in the 2008 documentary Tuning In alongside other notable channels such as Lee Carroll.
Anka's channeling sessions, private and public, are usually recorded and many have been compiled into various books and audio-visual material. His first book is The New Metaphysics.
A message from Darryl
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How it all began......
On two occasions within the same week in 1973, I had close-range, broad-daylight sightings of UFOs with witnesses present both times. At each sighting we saw a dark metallic, triangular craft about 30 feet on each side. There were three blue-white lights, one on each "point", and one orange-red light in the center. The craft in the first sighting was about 150 feet away; in the second sighting, only about 60 feet away.
After seeing something that I knew could not be the product of Earthly technology, I was curious to find out all I could on UFO phenomena. I began reading everything I could find. Browsing bookshelves for UFO literature, I quickly discovered other books on different "paranormal" subjects, such as psychic powers, spirits and channeling. I read a few of these as well as UFO books so that I could broaden my research and acquire a greater understanding of the metaphysical field of knowledge.
Learning to Channel...
Ten years after the UFO sightings, I was introduced to a practicing channel. After several months of listening to the information delivered by the spirit entity being channeled through the person, I was amazed by the consistency and quality of the information I was hearing on a variety of subjects. Eventually, that entity offered to teach channeling to whoever wished to learn. This surprised me at first, as I had assumed channeling was not something that could be taught. Nevertheless, I joined the channeling class-not intending to become a channel
myself, but rather to learn more about the process by which this entity seemed capable of accessing volumes of information on endless subjects.
myself, but rather to learn more about the process by which this entity seemed capable of accessing volumes of information on endless subjects.
Midway through the course, which contained many guided meditations and mental exercises designed to shift one's consciousness to various states, I received what sounded like a telepathic message in my mind. I became instantly aware of three things: The message was from an extraterrestrial consciousness that I was to call "Bashar" (the UFO I had seen was his ship), a memory came back to me that I had made an agreement at some point prior to this life to channel him, and that now was the time to fulfill this agreement if I still felt like doing so.
At first, I questioned this internal experience: Was I hallucinating? Was this some strange "side effect" of the meditations the class members had been given? However, while I sat silently pondering some of these questions, the entity teaching the class became aware that I was communicating with something from another plane of existence. He urged me to trust it and learn to work with it.
After thinking about it for awhile, I decided to explore the possibility of letting this "Bashar" entity speak through me to see what would happen. I figured that even if it wasn't really another entity-even if it was some mysterious portion of my own consciousness-the information that could be accessed through this channeling process could be used to help people make constructive and positive changes in their lives. Whatever the source, I decided to continue. I have now been channeling publicly since that time in 1983 and "Bashar" has spoken on a wide variety of subjects to thousands of people in more than 15 cities throughout the United States, as well as in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, England, Egypt and Greece.
The Meaning of the Name "Bashar"...
When the telepathic message first awoke in my mind, the word "Bashar" came along with it. I assumed this was simply the alien entity's name. However, I came to realize, based on "Bashar's" descriptions of his own society, that in their world they are all telepathic and do not use names as we do. Since he knew that we would need to call him by some name, the name "Bashar" was chosen.
"Bashar" is an Arabic word, probably chosen because I am half Arabic, although I don't speak the language. I had no idea what the word meant until someone fluent in Arabic told me it means "Messenger" or more specifically "Bringer of good news". Thus, while not literally his name, the word is certainly appropriate to what "Bashar" does.
On a personal note...
I always make it clear to people that they do not have to believe that "Bashar" is really an extraterrestrial in telepathic communication with me during the channelings. If they want to believe the words are coming from another part of my own consciousness, that's fine with me. I have no way of proving "Bashar's" existence to anyone anyway. The most important thing is that the information, wherever it's coming from, has made a difference in many people's lives, including my own.
The information has answered many burning questions with cool satisfaction and clarity, expanded my creativity, inspired and instructed others how to change their lives for the better, and provided insights into concepts I never imagined possible. For that gift, I am eternally grateful, no matter what the source may be. It is my desire that this information will expand your spirit, heighten your awareness of the limitless potential that life offers each and every day, inspire you to follow your highest joy and, as "Bashar" so often suggests to:
"Live your dreams instead of
merely dreaming about living."
merely dreaming about living."
With warmest regards,
Darryl Anka
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Why we are interacting with you at this time...
We have a very specific relationship with your
people, a very specific relationship and responsibility in how it is
that we interact with each and every one of you, individually and all
of you collectively. We recognize that there are many, many belief
systems upon your planet; many different styles of expression. We
cannot, therefore, interact with you in any way, shape or form that
would discount, interfere or remove the responsibility of your species
in bringing to fruition the choices it has made, playing out the
processes that it has decided are necessary for the evolution of your
society. We are here to reflect to you certain things. We are
interacting with you to share certain perspectives that may give you an
opportunity to see within yourself more of what it is you contain, to
know more about yourselves, to allow us to reflect to you certain ideas
you may already know but, perhaps as a civilization, have forgotten
about.
About the information we are sharing...
We are here sometimes to discuss what might appear to
be a new information with you, but again, never in a way that in any
way, shape or form, calls out, aggrandizes, or builds up any belief
system or any approach as being more valid than any other belief system
or approach. You must understand, fundamentally, all truths are true
and the truth is made of all truths. There may be certain ideas that
have a little bit more efficacy in your day to day reality while other
ideas may not necessarily be as probable of a manifestation, but your
reality is changing every day.
As many of you now know, there are many different
kinds of discoveries, many different kinds of realizations and ideas
that are opening up, new fields of awareness, new understandings of
your consciousness and therefore, your reality, your physical material
reality is going to become a lot more slippery, as you say, space and
time are losing their grip upon you because you are the creators of
space and time; you are the creators of the physical reality in which
you think you exist. And, as you change your idea of yourselves, as you
expand beyond the notion that you are merely physical entities and
explore other realms of consciousness and other levels of consciousness
within you, so too will your physiological reality become that
expanded, that nebulous, that fluid, that transmutational and
transitional and, of course, it would be no surprise that at this time
of exploring your consciousness in a transmutational way, that you
would begin to see reflections in your society of transmutational
science. Everything that you do, everything that you create, every
endeavor, scientific, economic, social or otherwise that you go into is
always going to reflect where you are at in your understanding and
relationship to your own consciousness.
You must simply remember, in everything that we
discuss, that your outer physical reality is not outer, it is inner,
it's just a reflection of you at every given moment, individually and
collectively. So if you find as you view your outer physical reality
that there are things about it that you would prefer to change, all you
really need to do is to change something about yourself and you will
see that change take place unerringly and effortlessly. And all your
explorations and all your ideas, no matter how they may magnify
scientifically or otherwise, are all going to be the result of the way
you change the idea of how you see yourself and what you know is
possible in your dimension of experience.
Our unconditional love and gratitude to you...
We thank you for allowing us to lay that foundational
perspective at this time. We are exceedingly grateful to all of you to
be allowed to interact with your civilization in this way. It has
expanded us in many ways and you have given us a great gift. You have
allowed us to experience the gift of your consciousness in its unique
manifestation and that enriches us as well. Believe me, we take what we
learn from you and apply it in many different areas that help many
other beings other than those on your own planet. You are very powerful
teachers for many other civilizations because you have chosen to "do
it the hard way", by exploring negative limitation to an amazing degree
and therefore, another civilization might look at you and say "They
still find their higher consciousness? Even through all that?!! Well,
if they can do it... I can do it!
Know that interacting with you allows us to see many
more ways that the Infinite can create Itself to be, and thus, expands
our understanding of Creation. We thank you for this opportunity. We
are most excited to interact with you. Both I and all the beings that
are telepathically connected to me that are sharing in this endeavor
send their unconditional love and we remind you that...
"Miracles are not the exception to the rule.. They are the natural, true order of the things."
- Bashar
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 Who is Bashar?Bashar is a being of extraterrestrial origin, a friend from the future who has spoken for the past 30 years through channel, Darryl Anka, bringing through a wave of new information that clearly explains in detail how the universe works and how each person creates the reality they experience. Over the years, thousands of individuals have had the opportunity to apply these principles and see if they really work to change their lives and create the reality that they desire.
Overwhelmingly the response we receive is "This works!" Some of the feedback our listeners have shared include:
- Enhanced creativity & abundance
- Mental & emotional clarity - Improved health - Enhanced love relationships - Expanded psychic ability - Increased self love & self acceptance - Greater self-empowerment Why do these concepts work?
Bashar would be the first to say that it's because this information is
based on the laws of physics and is not just a "nice New Age
philosophy." Perhaps this is a more advanced version of physics than you
may have encountered in the past- but nevertheless, it is based on
physics. Hence, when you apply these principles and techniques to your
day to day life, you can see dramatic results, both in what you
experience and how you feel!
Bashar describes the importance of belief systems and explains how to
change what you believe about yourself and your world to dramatically
change what you experience in your life. The new perspectives he shares
can change the way you view "reality" and help you get in touch with the
beliefs and ideas that are presently guiding your life so that you can
change them if you decide to. Bashar's message emphasizes your self
empowerment and your ability to use your conscious free choice to create
the life and the world that you prefer.
Self-empowerment is key
Bashar describes the planet as going through a major transformation- an
evolutionary leap to the next level of consciousness. Bashar's message
simply acts as a reminder of what you already know but may have
forgotten, and can help you experience this transition smoothly and
joyfully, by expanding your awareness of the unlimited possibilities
that are truly available to you. The message emphasizes increasing your
self empowerment and your connection to your Higher Self as being key to
consciously creating the kind of reality you desire.
Ecstasy is your birthright
Bashar's message helps to expand your capacity for learning and change.
It re-awakens your ability to use your imagination and express yourself
creatively... so that you can experience the ecstasy that is your
birthright. The techniques that are contained in the Bashar material are
fun, challenging and interesting to work with and Bashar's uniquely
humorous and direct approach enhances the entire experience!
A wide range of topics
Bashar also provides cutting-edge information on a wide range of topics:
- Personal Transformation
- History of the Universe - Extraterrestrials & UFO's - 2012 -Parallel Realities - Crop Circles - Psychic Phenomenon - Spiritual Ascension - Earth Changes - Healing Methods - Life after Death - Future Technology - Sacred Geometry
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Cosmic Oneness - Calm Calculus of Reason
http://www.mixcloud.com/CosmicOneness/
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Angkor Wat
Originally built as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu, it was converted into a Buddhist temple in the 14th century, and statues of Buddha were added to its already rich artwork.
Its 213-foot-tall (65 meters) central tower is surrounded by four smaller towers and a series of enclosure walls, a layout that recreates the image of Mount Meru, a legendary place in Hindu mythology that is said to lie beyond the Himalayas and be the home of the gods.
The city where the temple was built, Angkor, is located in modern-day Cambodia and was once the capital of the Khmer Empire. This urban center contains hundreds of temples and a population that has been estimated to be as high as 1 million people. It was easily the largest city in the world until the industrial revolution.
The temple is surrounded by a 650-foot-wide (200 meters) moat that encompasses a perimeter of more than 3 miles (5 km). This moat is 13 feet deep (4 meters) and would have helped stabilize the temple’s foundation, preventing groundwater from rising too high or falling too low.
Angkor Wat’s main entrance was to the west (a direction associated with Vishnu) across a stone causeway, with guardian lions marking the way. To the east of the temple was a second, more modest, entrance.
The heart of the temple was the central tower, entered by way of a steep staircase, a statue of Vishnu at top. This tower “was at once the symbolic center of the nation and the actual center where secular and sacred power joined forces,” writes researcher Eleanor Mannikka in the book "Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer Empire" (Abbeville Press, 2002). “From that unparalleled space, Vishnu and the king ruled over the Khmer people.”
Vishnu and the king
The builder of Angkor Wat was a king named Suryavarman II. A usurper, he came to power in his teenage years by killing his great uncle Dharanindravarman I while he was riding an elephant. An inscription says that Suryavarman killed the man “as Garuda [a mythical bird] on a mountain ledge would kill a serpent.”
Suryavarman’s bloodlust would continue into his rule; he launched attacks into Vietnam in an effort to gain control over the territory. He also made peaceful diplomatic advances, re-opening relations which China.
As archaeologist Michael Coe writes, the relief “describes how the devas (gods) and the asuras (demons) churned the ocean under the aegis of Vishnu, to produce the divine elixir of immortality,” ("Angkor and the Khmer Civilization," Thames & Hudson, 2003). Scholars consider this relief to be one of the finest art pieces at Angkor Wat.
Suryavarman’s devotion to Vishnu is also shown in the posthumous name he was given, “Paramavishnuloka” which, according to researcher Hélène Legendre-De Koninck, means “he who is in the supreme abode of Vishnu.” ("Angkor Wat: A Royal Temple," VDG, 2001).
Construction techniques
Building Angkor Wat was an enormous undertaking that involved quarrying, careful artistic work and lots of digging. To create the moat around the temple 1.5 million cubic meters (53 million cubic feet) of sand and silt were moved, a task that would have required thousands of people working at one time.
The buildings at Angkor Wat posed their own challenges. To support them a tough material called laterite was used, which in turn was encased with softer sandstone that was used for carving the reliefs. These sandstone blocks were quarried at the Kulen Hills, about 18 miles (30 km) to the north, and were likely transported to the site by river.
Beneath the central tower was a shaft that leads to a chamber where, in 1934, archaeologists found “two pieces of crystal and two gold leaves far beneath where the Vishnu statue must have been,” Coe writes, adding that deposits like these “spiritually ‘energized’ a temple, much as a battery will provide power to a portable electronic device.”
Eleanor Mannikka has noted that Angkor Wat is located at 13.41 degrees north in latitude and that the north-south axis of the central tower’s chamber is 13.43 cubits long. This, Mannikka believes, is not an accident. “In the central sanctuary, Vishnu is not only placed at the latitude of Angkor Wat, he is also placed along the axis of the earth,” she writes, pointing out that the Khmer knew the earth was round.
In addition, in her writing, Mannikka notes a dozen lunar alignments with Angkor Wat’s towers, suggesting that it served an important astronomical role. “During the long and clear Cambodian nights, when the stars filled every inch of the black sky, the astronomer-priests stood on the long western causeway ... and recorded the movements of the moon against the towers in the top two galleries of the temple.”
The massive sandstone bricks used to construct the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat were brought to the site via a network of hundreds of canals, according to new research.
The findings shed light on how the site's 5 million to 10 million bricks, some weighing up to 3,300 pounds (1,500 kilograms), made it to the temple from quarries at the base of a nearby mountain.
"We found many quarries of sandstone blocks used for the Angkor temples and also the transportation route of the sandstone blocks," wrote study co-author Estuo Uchida of Japan's Waseda University, in an email.
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The findings shed light on how the site's 5 million to 10 million bricks, some weighing up to 3,300 pounds (1,500 kilograms), made it to the temple from quarries at the base of a nearby mountain.
"We found many quarries of sandstone blocks used for the Angkor temples and also the transportation route of the sandstone blocks," wrote study co-author Estuo Uchida of Japan's Waseda University, in an email.
Archaeologist knew that the rock came from quarries at the base of a mountain nearby, but wondered how the sandstone bricks used to build Angkor Wat reached the site. Previously people thought the stones were ferried to Tonle Sap Lake via canal, and then rowed against the current through another river to the temples, Uchida told LiveScience.
To see whether this was the case, Uchida's team surveyed the area and
found 50 quarries along an embankment at the base of Mt. Kulen. They
also scoured satellite images of
the area and found a network of hundreds of canalsand roads linking the
quarries to the temple site. The distance between the quarries and the
site along the route Uchida's team found was only 22 miles (37
kilometers), compared with the 54 miles (90 km) the river route would
have taken.The grid of canals suggests the ancient builders took a shortcut when constructing the temple, which may explain how the imposing complex was built in just a few decades.
source: http://www.livescience.com/
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Story Of Bottled Water
Bottled water is healthy water — or so marketers would have us believe.
Just look at the labels or the bottled water ads: deep, pristine pools
of spring water; majestic alpine peaks; healthy, active people gulping
down icy bottled water between biking in the park and a trip to the yoga
studio.
In reality, bottled water is just water. That fact isn't stopping
people from buying a lot of it. Estimates variously place worldwide
bottled water sales at between $50 and $100 billion each year, with the
market expanding at the startling annual rate of 7 percent.
Bottled water is big business. But in terms of sustainability, bottled
water is a dry well. It's costly, wasteful and distracts from the brass
ring of public health: the construction and maintenance of safe
municipal water systems.
Want some solid reasons to kick the bottled water habit? We've rounded up five to get you started.
1) Bottled water isn't a good value
Take, for instance, Pepsi's Aquafina or Coca-Cola's Dasani bottled
water. Both are sold in 20 ounce sizes and can be purchased from vending
machines alongside soft drinks — and at the same price. Assuming you
can find a $1 machine, that works out to 5 cents an ounce. These two
brands are essentially filtered tap water, bottled close to their
distribution point. Most municipal water costs less than 1 cent per
gallon.
Now consider another widely sold liquid: gasoline. It has to be pumped
out of the ground in the form of crude oil, shipped to a refinery (often
halfway across the world), and shipped again to your local filling
station.
In the U.S., the average price per gallon is hovering around $3. There
are 128 ounces in a gallon, which puts the current price of gasoline at a
fraction over 2 cents an ounce.
And that's why there's no shortage of companies that want to get into
the business. In terms of price versus production cost, bottled water
puts Big Oil to shame.
2) No healthier than tap water
In theory, bottled water in the United States falls under the
regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration. In practice,
about 70 percent of bottled water never crosses state lines for sale,
making it exempt from FDA oversight.
On the other hand, water systems in the developed world are
well-regulated. In the U.S., for instance, municipal water falls under
the purview of the Environmental Protection Agency, and is regularly
inspected for bacteria and toxic chemicals. Want to know how your
community scores? Check out the Environmental Working Group's National Tap Water Database.
While public safety groups correctly point out that many municipal
water systems are aging and there remain hundreds of chemical
contaminants for which no standards have been established, there's very
little empirical evidence that suggests bottled water is any cleaner or
better for you than its tap equivalent.
3) Bottled water means garbage
Bottled water produces up to 1.5 million tons of plastic waste per year. According to Food and Water Watch,
that plastic requires up to 47 million gallons of oil per year to
produce. And while the plastic used to bottle beverages is of high
quality and in demand by recyclers, over 80 percent of plastic bottles
are simply thrown away.
That assumes empty bottles actually make it to a garbage can. Plastic
waste is now at such a volume that vast eddies of current-bound plastic
trash now spin endlessly in the world's major oceans. This represents a great risk to marine life, killing birds and fish which mistake our garbage for food.
Thanks to its slow decay rate, the vast majority of all plastics ever produced still exist — somewhere.
4) Bottled water means less attention to public systems
Many people drink bottled water because they don't like the taste of
their local tap water, or because they question its safety.
This is like running around with a slow leak in your tire, topping it
off every few days rather than taking it to be patched. Only the very
affluent can afford to switch their water consumption to bottled
sources. Once distanced from public systems, these consumers have little
incentive to support bond issues and other methods of upgrading
municipal water treatment.
There's plenty of need. In California, for example, the American Society of Civil Engineers estimated
the requirement of $17.5 billion in improvements to the state's
drinking water infrastructure as recently as 2005. In the same year, the
state lost 222 million gallons of drinkable water to leaky pipes.
5) The corporatization of water
In the documentary film Thirst,
authors Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman demonstrated the rapid
worldwide privatization of municipal water supplies, and the effect
these purchases are having on local economies.
Water is being called the "Blue Gold" of the 21st century. Thanks to
increasing urbanization and population, shifting climates and industrial
pollution, fresh water is becoming humanity's most precious resource.
Multinational corporations are stepping in to purchase groundwater and
distribution rights wherever they can, and the bottled water industry is
an important component in their drive to commoditize what many feel is a
basic human right: the access to safe and affordable water.
What can you do?
There's a simple alternative to bottled water: buy a stainless steel
thermos, and use it. Don't like the way your local tap water tastes?
Inexpensive carbon filters will turn most tap water sparkling fresh at a
fraction of bottled water's cost.
Consider taking Food and Water Watch's No Bottled Water Pledge. Conserve water wherever possible, and stay on top of local water issues. Want to know more? Start with the Sierra Club's fact sheet on bottled water.
Bottoms up!
Source: http://www.mnn.com/
Source: http://www.mnn.com/
Merkaba Meditation
Like the sun, we must breathe, radiating out to all life. And from all life
we will receive our manna.
Begin by creating a place in your home that is used only for this meditation.
Make a space where no one will walk through or disturb you, possibly in your
bedroom. A small altar with a candle and a cushion or pillow to sit upon
may be helpful. Make this place holy. It is here that you will learn to create
the MER-KA-BA around your body and make conscious contact with your higher
self.
Once each day, enter into this meditation, until the time comes when you
are a conscious breather, remembering with each breath your intimate connection
with God. To begin the meditation, first sit down and relax. Let the worries
of the day go. Breathe rhythmically and shallow. Be aware of your breath
and relax. When you feel the tension begin to fade, begin to open your heart.
Feel Love. Feel Love for all life everywhere. Continue to breathe rhythmically,
being aware of your breath, and feel the Love moving through your spirit.
When the FEELING of love is in your beingness, you are ready to begin to
move towards the experience to the MER-KA-BA. Without this Love, no amount
of knowledge will create the MER-KA-BA. To the degree you are able to Love,
will be the degree you will be able to experience the MER-KA-BA.
The following is an overview of the meditation to reach the MER-KA-BA. There
are seventeen breaths to reach completion. The first six are for balancing
of the polarities within your eight electical circuits, and , also, for the
cleansing of these circuits. The next seven, which are quite different, are
to re-establish the proper pranic flow through your body, and to recreate
Spherical Breathing within your body. The fourteenth breath is unique unto
itself. It changes the balance of pranic energy within your body from third
dimensional to fourth dimensional awareness. The last three breaths recreate
the rotating fields of the MER-KA-BA within and around your body.
The instructions: The following instructions will be broken down into four
areas: MIND, BODY, BREATH and HEART.
FIRST BREATH: Inhale
HEART: Open your heart and feel love for all life. If you cannot do this,
you must at least open to this love as much as is possible for you. This
is the most important instruction of all.
MIND: Become aware of the male tetrahedron (the apex facing up to the sun,
the point facing to the front for male, the point to the back for females)
filled with the brilliant white light surrounding your body. Visualize it
the best you can. If you cannot visualize it, sense or feel it surrounding
you.
BODY: At the same moment of inhalation, place your hands in the mudra of
your thumb and first finger touching. Remember, lightly touch your fingers,
and do not allow your fingers to touch each other or any other object. Keep
your palms facing up.
BREATH: At this same moment, with empty lungs, begin to breath in a complete
yogic manner. Breathe through your nostrils only, except at certain places
which will be described. Simply put, breath from your stomach first, then
your diaphragm, and finally your chest. Do this in one movement, not three
parts. The exhale is completed either by holding the chest firm and relaxing
the stomach, slowly releasing the air, or by holding the stomach firm and
relaxing the chest. The most important aspect is that this breathing must
be rhythmic. Begin by using seven seconds in and seven seconds out, but as
you get familiar with this meditation, find your own rhythm.
The following instructions for a complete Yogic Breath are from "the Hindu-Yogi
Science of Breath" by Yogi Ramacharake. Perhaps this description will be
helpful. Breathing through the nostrils, inhale steadily, first filling the
lower part of the lungs, which is accomplished by bringing into play the
diaphagm, which descending exerts a gentle pressure on the abdominal organs,
pushing forward the front walls of the abdomen. Then fill the midddle part
of the lungs, pushing out the lower ribs, breastbone and chest. Then fill
the higher portion of the lungs, protruding the upper chest, thus lifting
the chest, including the upper six or even pairs of ribs. At first reading
it may appear that this breath consists of three distinct movements. This,
however, is not the correct idea. The inhalation is continuous, the entire
chest cavity from the lowered diaphragm to the highest point of the chest
in the region of the collar bone, being expanded with a uniform movement.
Avoid a jerky series of inhalations, and strive to attain a steady continuous
action. Practice will soon overcome the tendency to divide the inhalation
into three movements, and will result in a uniform continuous breath. You
will be able to complete the inhalation in a few seconds after a little practice.
Exhale quite slowly, holding the chest in a firm position, and drawing the
abdomen in a little and lifting it upward as the air leaves the lungs. When
the air is entirely exhaled, relax the chest and abdomen. A little practice
will render this part of the exercise easy, and the movement once acquired
will be afterward performed almost automatically.
FIRST BREATH: Exhale
HEART: Love
MIND: Become aware of the female tetrahedron, (apex pointing to the earth,
point facing to the back for males, point facing to the front for females),
also filled with the brilliant white light.
BODY: Keep the same mudra.
BREATH: Do NOT hesitate at the top of the inhalation to begin the exhalation.
Exhale quite slowly, approximately seven seconds, in the Yogic manner. When
the air is out of the lungs, without forcing, relax the chest and abdomen
and HOLD the breath. When you feel pressure to breathe again, after about
five seconds or so, then do the following:
MIND: Be aware of the flat equilateral triangle at the top of the female
tetrahedron located in the horizontal plane that passes through your chest
at the sternum. In a flash, and with a pulse like energy, send that triangular
plane down through the female tetrahedron. It gets smaller as it goes down
and pushes out the tip or apex of the tetrahedron all the negative energy
of the mudra or electrical circuit, a light will shoot out of the apex toward
the center of the Earth. The Mind exercise is performed along with the following
BODY movements.
BODY: Move your eyes slightly toward each other, or, in other words, slightly
cross your eyes. Now bring them up to the top of their sockets, or in other
words, look up. Also, this looking up motion should not be extreme. You will
feel a tingling feeling between your eyes in the area of your third eye .
You can now look down to the lowest point you can, as fast as you can. You
should feel an electrical sensation move down your spine. The MIND and BODY
must coordinate the above mental exercise with the eye movements. The eyes
look down from their up position at the same time the mind sees the triangular
horizontal plane of the female tetrahedron move down to the apex of the female
tetrahedron. This combined exercise will clean out the negative thoughts
and feelings that have entered into your electrical system. Specifically,
it will clean out the part of your electrical system that is associated with
the particular mudra you are using. Immediately upon pulsing the energy down
your spine, you change mudras to the next one and begin the entire cycle
over again.
The next five breaths are a repeat of the first breath with the following
mudra changes:
Second breath mudra: Thumb and second finger together
Third breath mudra: Thumb and third finger together
Fourth breath mudra: Thumb and little finger together
Fifth breath mudra: Thumb and first finger together (same as first breath)
Sixth breath mudra: Thumb and second finger together( same as second breath)
The first part, the first six breaths, the balancing of the polarities, and
the cleansing of your electrical system is now complete.
PART II
You are now ready for the next part, the next seven breaths. Here an entirely
new breathing pattern begins. You do not need to visualize the star tetrahedron
at this time. Only the tube that runs through the star, from the apex of
the male tetrahedron above your head to the apex of the female tetrahedron
below your feet, needs to be seen and worked with. This extends one hand
length above your head and one hand length below your feet. The diameter
of YOUR tube will be the size of the hole formed by YOUR thumb and forefinger
touching.
SEVENTH BREATH: Inhale
HEART: Love. There is another refinement here that can be used after you
have perfected this meditation. It will be discussed in class.
MIND: Visualize or sense the tube running through your body. The instant
you begin the seventh inhale, see the brilliant white light of the prana
moving down the tube from the top and up the tube from the bottom at the
same time. This movement is almost instantaneous. The point where these two
light beams meet within your body is controlled by the mind and is a vast
science known throughout the universe. In this teaching however, we will
only be shown what is necessary , that which will take you from third to
fourth dimensional awareness. In this case you will direct the two beams
of prana to meet at your navel, or more correct, within your body at navel
level, inside the tube. The moment the two beams of prana meet, which is
just as the inhale begins, a sphere of white light or prana is formed at
the meeting point about the size of a grapefruit centered on the tube. It
all happens in an instant. As you continue to take the inhale of the seventh
breath, the sphere of prana begins to concentrate and grow slowly.
BODY For the next seven breaths use the same mudra for both inhale and exhale,
the thumb, first and second touching together palms up.
BREATH: Deep rhythmic Yogic breathing, seven seconds in and seven seconds
out. There is no holding of the breath from now on. The flow of prana from
the two poles will not stop or change in any way when you go from inhale
to exhale. It will be a continuous flow that will not stop for a long as
you breath in this manner, even after death.
SEVENTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: The prana sphere centered at the navel continues to grow. By the time
of the full exhale, the prana sphere will be approximately eight or nine
inches in diameter.
BREATH: Do not force the air out of your lungs. When your lungs are empty
naturally, immediately begin the next breath.
EIGHTH BREATH: Inhale
HEART: Love.
MIND: The prana sphere continues to concentrate life force energy and grow
in size.
EIGHTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: The prana sphere continues to grow in size and will reach maximum size
at the end of this breath. This maximum size is different for each person.
If you put your longest finger in the center of your navel, the line on your
wrist defining your hand will show you the radius of the maximum size of
this sphere for YOU. This sphere of prana cannot grow larger.
NINTH BREATH: Inhale
MIND: The prana sphere cannot grow larger, so what happens is the prana begins
to concentrate within the sphere. The visual appearance is that the sphere
grows BRIGHTER.
BREATH: Sphere grows brighter and brighter as you inhale.
NINTH BREATH: Exhale
BREATH: As you exhale, the sphere continues to grow brighter and brighter.
TENTH BREATH: Inhale
MIND: About half way through this inhale, as the sphere continues to brighter,
the prana sphere reaches critical mass. The sphere ignites into a sun, a
brilliant blinding ball of white light. You are now ready for the next step.
TENTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: At the moment of exhale, the small sphere two hand lengths in diameter
bulges to expand. In one second, combined with the breath talked about below,
the sphere expands quickly out to the sphere of Leonardo, out at your finger
tips of your extended arms. Your body is now completely enclosed within a
huge sphere of brilliant white light.
You have returned to the ancient form of spherical breathing. However, at
this point, this sphere is not stable. You MUST breath three more times to
keep the sphere stable.
BREATH: At the moment of exhale, make a small hole with your lips and blow
out your air with pressure. As you feel the sphere begin to bulge, all within
the first second of this exhale, let all of your air out rapidly. The sphere
will expand at that moment.
PART3:
ELEVENTH, TWELFTH and THIRTEENTH BREATH: Inhale and Exhale
MIND: Relax and just feel the flow of the prana flowing from the two poles
and meeting at the navel and then expanding out to the large sphere
BREATH: Breath rhythmically and deep. At the end of the thirteenth breath
you have stabilized the large sphere and are ready for the important 14th
breath.
THE FOURTEENTH BREATH
HEART: Love
MIND: On the inhale of the 14th breath, at the very beginning of the breath,
move the point where the two beams of prana meet from the navel to the sternum,
the fourth dimensional chakra. The entire large sphere, along with the original
sphere, which is also still contained within the large sphere, moves up to
the new meeting point within the tube. Though this is very easy to do, it
is an extremely powerful movement. Breathing from this new point within the
tube will inevitably change your awareness from third to fourth dimensional
consciousness, or from earth consciousness to Christ consciousness. It will
take awhile, but as I have said , it is inevitable.
BODY: This mudra will be used for the rest of the meditation. Place the left
palm on top of the right palm for males and the right palm on top of the
left palm for females. It is a mudra that relaxes.
BREATH: Rhythmic breath and deep. However, if you continue to breathe from
your Christ center without moving on to the MER-KA-BA, which is what is
recommended until you have made contact with your Higher Self, then shift
to a shallow breath. In other words, breath rhythmically but in a comfortable
manner where your attention is more on the flow of energy moving up and down
the tube meeting at the sternum and expanding out to the large sphere. Just
feel the flow. Use your feminine side to just be. At this point don't think,
just breath, feel and be. Feel your connection to All Life through the Christ
Breath. Remember your intimate connection with God.
The Mer-Ka-Ba, The Vehicle Of Ascension
The Last Three Breaths You are asked not to attempt this FOURTH PART until
you have made contact with your Higher Self, AND your Higher Self has given
you permission to proceed. This part is to be taken seriously. The energies
that will come into and around your body and spirit are of tremendous power.
If you are not ready, you could hurt yourself. If your Higher Self gives
you permission to enter into the MER-KA-BA, then don't fear, for you will
be ready.
FIFTEENTH BREATH: Inhale:
HEART: Love
MIND: Be aware of the whole star tetrahedron. Realize that there are three
whole star tetrahedrons superimposed over each other. One is the body itself,
and is locked in place and never, except under certain conditions, moves.
It is placed around the body according to maleness or femaleness. The second
whole star tetrahedron is male in nature, it is electrical, is literally
the human mind and rotates counter-clockwise relative to your body looking
out, or to put it another way, it rotates toward your left side. The third
whole star tetrahedron is female in nature, is magnetic, is literally the
human emotional body and rotates clockwise relative to your body looking
out, or to put it another way, it rotates toward your right side. To be clear,
we are not telling you to rotate the male tetrahedron one way and the female
the other way. When we say rotate the whole star tetrahedron, we mean the
whole thing. On the inhale of the fifteenth breath, as you are inhaling,
you will say to yourself, in your head, the code words, EQUAL SPEED. This
will tell your mind that you want the two rotatable whole star tetrahedrons
to begin spinning in opposite directions at equal speeds at the time of the
exhale. Meaning that for every complete rotation of the mind tetrahedrons,
there will be a complete rotation of the emotional tetrahedrons.
BODY: Continue the mudra of the folded hands from now on.
BREATH: Breath Yogic and rhythmically an deeply again, but only for the next
three breaths, after that return to the shallow breathing.
FIFTEENTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: The two sets of tetrahedrons take off spinning. In an instant, they
will be moving at exactly one third the speed of light at their outer tips.
You probably will not be able to see this because of their tremendous speed,
but you can feel it. What you have just done is to start the MOTOR of the
MER-KA-BA. You will not go anywhere, or have an experience. It is just like
starting the motor of a car, but having the transmission in neutral.
BREATH: Make a small hole with your lips just like you did for breath Number
Ten. Blow out in the same manner, and as you do, feel the two sets of
tetrahedrons take off spinning.
SIXTEENTH BREATH: Inhale
MIND: This is the most amazing breath. On the inhale, as you are inhaling,
say to yourself, in your head, THIRTY-FOUR - TWENTY-ONE. This is the code
to your mind to spin the two sets of tetrahedrons at a ratio of 34-21. Meaning
the Mind tetrahedrons spinning to the left will go around 34 times while
the emotional tetrahedrons spinning to the right will go around 21 times.
As the two sets speed up the ratio will remain constant.
BREATH: Breathe rhythmically and Yogic.
SIXTEENTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: As you let out the breathe, the two sets of tetrahedrons take off from
their one third speed of light setting to two third speed of light in an
instant. As they approach two thirds speed of light speed a phenomena takes
place. A disk about 55 feet in diameter forms around the body at the level
of the base of the spine. And the sphere of energy that is centered around
the two sets of tetrahedrons forms with the disk to create a shape that looks
like a FLYING SAUCER around the body. This energy matrix is called the MER-KA-BA.
However, it is not stable. If you see or sense the MER-KA-BA around you at
this point, you will know it to be unstable. It will be slowly wobbling.
Therefore Breath Number Seventeen is necessary.
BREATH: Same as breath 16, make a small hole in your lips, and blow out with
pressure. It is at this point that the speeds increases. As you feel the
speed increasing, let out all your breath with force. This action will cause
the higher speed to be fully obtained and the MER-KA-BA to be formed.
SEVENTEENTH BREATH: Inhale
HEART: Remember, unconditional love for all life must be felt through out
all of this meditation or no results will be realized.
MIND: As you breathe in, say to yourself, in your head, the code NINE TENTHS
THE SPEED OF LIGHT. This code will tell your mind to increase the speed of
the MER-KA-BA to nine tenths the speed of light which will stabilize the
rotating field of energy. It will also do something else. This third dimensional
universe that we live in is tuned to 9/10 the speed of light. Every electron
in your body is rotating around every atom in your body at 9/10 the speed
of light. This is the reason this particular speed is selected.
BREATH: Breathe rhythmically and in a Yogic manner.
SEVENTEENTH BREATH: Exhale
MIND: The speed increases to 9/10 the speed of light and stabilizes the
MER-KA-BA.
BREATH: Same as breath 15 and 16, make a small hole in your lips, and blow
out with pressure. As you feel the speed take off, let all your breath out
with force. You are now in your stable and Third dimensionally tuned MER-KA-BA.
With the help of your Higher Self, you will understand what this really means.
EIGHTEENTH BREATH: This very special breath will not be taught here. You
must receive it from Your Higher Self. It is the breath that will take you
through the speed of light into the fourth dimension. You will disappear
from this world and reappear in another one that will be your new home for
awhile. This is not the end, but the beginning of an ever expanding consciousness
returning you HOME to your FATHER.
Source: http://www.greatdreams.com/
Merkaba
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Merkaba meditation - feel love for all life everywhere
"The key to inter-dimensional survival is to remain positive and in love with life even when the outer world may seem hopeless. Know the perfection of Nature" - Drunvalo Melchizedek
Merkaba meditation supposedly leads to "ascension" - a process in consciousness where the human body is transformed into light and translated by birth into a higher fourth dimension, thus transcending the limitations of this three-dimensional world.The ancient Egyptians referred to Mer-ka-ba as three separate words - Mer meant a specific kind of light rotating within itself, Ka referred to the human spirit, and Ba referred to the spirit's interpretation of its specific reality.
According to its practitioners, Merkaba is a 17-meters-in-diameter energy field around the human physical body, consisting of two counter-rotating tetrahedrons, spinning with the speed of light.
This spinning of geometric forms affect a person's mind, body and spirit.
Through meditation, this field can be amplified and used as a vehicle to access other planes of reality.
This video details the 18 breaths and the various steps to follow while inhaling and exhaling.
- See more at: http://www.do-meditation.com/merkaba-meditation.html#sthash.WZ4Imy7F.dpuf
Merkaba meditation - feel love for all life everywhere
"The key to inter-dimensional survival is to remain positive and in love with life even when the outer world may seem hopeless. Know the perfection of Nature" - Drunvalo Melchizedek
Merkaba meditation supposedly leads to "ascension" - a process in consciousness where the human body is transformed into light and translated by birth into a higher fourth dimension, thus transcending the limitations of this three-dimensional world.The ancient Egyptians referred to Mer-ka-ba as three separate words - Mer meant a specific kind of light rotating within itself, Ka referred to the human spirit, and Ba referred to the spirit's interpretation of its specific reality.
According to its practitioners, Merkaba is a 17-meters-in-diameter energy field around the human physical body, consisting of two counter-rotating tetrahedrons, spinning with the speed of light.
This spinning of geometric forms affect a person's mind, body and spirit.
Through meditation, this field can be amplified and used as a vehicle to access other planes of reality.
This video details the 18 breaths and the various steps to follow while inhaling and exhaling.
- See more at: http://www.do-meditation.com/merkaba-meditation.html#sthash.WZ4Imy7F.dpuf
Merkaba meditation - feel love for all life everywhere
"The key to inter-dimensional survival is to remain positive and in love with life even when the outer world may seem hopeless. Know the perfection of Nature" - Drunvalo Melchizedek
Merkaba meditation supposedly leads to "ascension" - a process in consciousness where the human body is transformed into light and translated by birth into a higher fourth dimension, thus transcending the limitations of this three-dimensional world.The ancient Egyptians referred to Mer-ka-ba as three separate words - Mer meant a specific kind of light rotating within itself, Ka referred to the human spirit, and Ba referred to the spirit's interpretation of its specific reality.
According to its practitioners, Merkaba is a 17-meters-in-diameter energy field around the human physical body, consisting of two counter-rotating tetrahedrons, spinning with the speed of light.
This spinning of geometric forms affect a person's mind, body and spirit.
Through meditation, this field can be amplified and used as a vehicle to access other planes of reality.
This video details the 18 breaths and the various steps to follow while inhaling and exhaling.
- See more at: http://www.do-meditation.com/merkaba-meditation.html#sthash.WZ4Imy7F.dpuf
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sumerian Anunnaki
Ancient Sumerian texts define the Anunnaki as "those who from heaven to Earth came" described as royal blood descending from the heavens and in certain contexts, the fallen angels or Nephilim. By comparative religions, it's believed the book of Genesis (600 BCE) was extrapolated from the Sumerian Epic of Creation believed to occur between 6000-8500 BCE. Records are also filled with great details of Anunnaki depicted as watchers, evident in later Biblical texts by Daniel and Jubilees. The ancient Sumerians sometimes described these deities as proprietors of mineral extractions from Earth, using the human race to replenish invaluable resources on the angel's home planet according to some researchers. Anunnaki were a heavenly council of seven, which may be interpreted as the first known written record referencing organized sons of god.
By historical accounts, the Anunnaki were the Gods & Goddesses who met occasionally in the heavens to indirectly determine the fate of mankind if by no fault of their own. Abraham's father Terah is considered as one who served the fallen angels, as the sons of the gods/goddesses, found in Psalms with reference to the Nephilim. Sharing part of the Babylonian creation myth as the children of Anu and Ki, the Anunnaki are associated with Earth's fate in Zecharia Sitchin's stories of Planet X (Nibiru, the 12th planet), and its return to over a long elliptical orbit. The Hopi tribe believe in a similar prophecy called the Blue Kachina, a time when the star people return to oversee a changing cycle of life on Earth.
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When examining mysterious Anunnaki artifacts one might notice a unique resemblance to Ancient Egypt's interpretations of gods and goddesses. Angelic characteristics, the sun disc, and stories of the afterlife from the Book of the Dead hint strongly at an ancient Sumerian influence. Exactly how the Egyptians were in contact with the Sumerians, or which civilization was established first remains largely in debate. Archaeological evidence does propose both cultures may have coexisted during a period around 3,000 to 5,000 years ago by examining Mesopotamian temples and their distinct relation to Mastabas of the first and second Egyptian dynasties. There are several Egyptian artifacts which bare concepts of the Sumerian culture, yet there are also indications suggesting the possibility Egypt may have influenced Sumer during their state of unification. Historical time-lines show the Egyptians established foreign trade routes, secured precious stones, and designed sophisticated structures well before Sumerians. Yet, dating when the Sumerian epics took place establishes a time well before the settlement of Nineva 8,000 years ago by a culture who shares similar characteristics as both Egyptians and Sumerians, the Assyrians.
source: http://www.mysterypile.com/
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
OSHO
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh(1931-1990) was born Rajneesh Chandra Mohan in Kuchwara, a town in central India. Various sources state that "Bhagwan" means either "The Blessed One" or "God" and that "Shree" means "Master". At the end of his life, he changed his name to Osho.
His parents' religion was Jainism. However, Osho never subscribed to any religious faith during his lifetime. He received "samadhi" (enlightenment in which his soul became one with the universe) on 1953-MAR-21 at the age of 21. Rajneesh obtained a masters degree in philosophy from the University of Saugar. He taught philosophy at the University of Jabalpur for nine years and concurrently worked as a religious leader. In 1966, he left his teaching post and gave his full attention to teaching his sannyasins (disciples) while pursuing a speaking career. He had an apartment in Bombay where he often met individuals and small groups, where acting as spiritual teacher, guide and friend. Most of his Sannyasins came from Europe and India in the early years.
In 1974, Osho moved from Bombay southward to Pune, India. Some anti-cult groups have claimed that this decision was made because of local opposition from the public in Bombay. In reality, it was to establish an ashram (place of teaching) which would provide larger and more comfortable facilities for his disciples. The ashram consisted of two adjoining properties covering six acres in an affluent suburb of Pune called Koregaon Park. Some estimate as many as 50,000 Westerners spent time seeking enlightenment there with the guru. In 1979, he saw his movement as the route to the preservation of the human race. He said:
"If we cannot create the 'new man' in the coming 20 years, then humanity has no future. The holocaust of a global suicide can only be avoided if a new kind of man can be created."
He taught a syncretistic spiritual path that combined elements from Hinduism, Jainism, Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, ancient Greek philosophy, many other religious and philosophic traditions, humanistic psychology, new forms of therapy and meditation, etc.
In 1980, he was the victim of a knife attack by a Hindu fundamentalist during his morning discourse. Because of police incompetence, the charges against the terrorist were dropped.
In 1981 he left India reluctantly because of health problems. He went to the United States in order to obtain advanced treatment. There have been rumors of income tax evasion, and insurance fraud; it is not known whether these have any validity. The group settled on the 65,000 acre "Big Muddy Ranch" near Antelope, Oregon, which his sannyasins had bought for six million dollars. The ranch was renamed Rajneeshpuram ("City of Rajneesh"). This "small, desolate valley twelve miles from Antelope, Oregon was transformed into a thriving town of 3,000 residents, with a 4,500 foot paved airstrip, a 44 acre reservoir, an 88,000 square foot meeting hall..."8 Many of the local folks were intolerant of the new group in their midst, because of religious and cultural differences. One manifestation of this intolerance was the town's denial of building permits to the followers of Rajneesh. Some buildings were erected on the ranch without planning board approval. When officials attempted to stop the construction, their office was firebombed by unknown person(s). When the local city council repeatedly refused to issue permits for their businesses, some sannyasins elected themselves to the city council. The town of Antelope was renamed City of Rajneesh.
Top aides of Osho were charged with a number of crimes, including the attempted murder of Osho's personal physician. There were stories of a hit list. Some fled the country for Switzerland where they had control over the group's bank accounts. Two were eventually convicted of conspiracy to murder local lawyer Charles Turner in an attempt to prevent closure of the ranch.
In 1983, Osho's secretary Sheela Silverman predicted on behalf of Osho that there would be massive destruction on earth, between 1984 and 1999. This would include both natural disasters and man-made catastrophes. Floods larger than any since Noah, extreme earthquakes, very destructive volcano eruptions, nuclear wars etc. would be experienced. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bombay were all expected to disappear. There is doubt that these predictions actually came from Osho; they are not representative of his other teachings.
A number of sources have reported that spiritual devotees of Rajneesh had spread salmonella on a local restaurant's salad bar in order to reduce voter turnout on a measure that would have restricted the group's activities. Allegedly, 751 people were affected by the bacteria. 9,10
Fearing a raid of the type that later happened in Waco, several of Osho's disciples arranged for him to be flown to Charlotte for safety. In North Carolina, he ran afoul of US immigration law. He allegedly arranged a number of phony marriages between some of his Indian followers and American citizens so that the former could obtain clearance to stay in the country. He was also charged with lying on his immigration papers. He entered an "Alford Plea," commonly called a no-contest plea. His lawyers suggested that he do this because of concerns over his health and safety if he had to spend more time in prison. He was given a suspended sentence on condition that he leave the country.
He returned to Pune, India in 1987, where his health began to fail. Here, he abandoned the name of Rajneesh and adopted "Osho". Some sources explain that the name was derived from the expression "oceanic experience" by William James; others say that it was derived from an ancient Japanese word for master. He died in Pune in 1990. Various rumors spread that he had been poisoned with thallium by the CIA, had been exposed to damaging doses of radiation by the U.S. authorities, or had heart failure. It is obvious that he did not experience thallium poisoning, because he died with a full beard, and only male-pattern baldness on the top of his head. A person suffering from thallium poisoning suffers a dramatic loss of hair with a week of exposure. 6 His death certificate lists heart failure as the cause of his death.
At its peak, the movement had about 200,000 members and 600 centers around the world. They were targeted by many anti-cult groups as an evil, mind control cult. One source, in a masterful stroke of religious disinformation, claimed that "Bhagwan" means "Master of the Vagina." He has been called the "sex guru."
Beliefs and Practices
Osho developed new forms of active meditation. The best known is Dynamic Meditation which often starts with strenuous physical activity followed by silence and celebration. These were expected to lead the individual to overcome repression, lower their personal inhibitions, develop a "state of emptiness", and attain enlightenment. The person then would have "no past, no future, no attachment, no mind, no ego, no self." Prior to 1985, the disciples wore red robes, and a necklace of 108 beads which had an attached picture of Rajneesh. Osho assigned a new name to each of the disciples. Men were given the title "Swami"; women were called "Ma". Although most members lived a frugal, simple lifestyle, Rajneesh himself lived in luxury. His collection 27 Rolls Royces, given to him by his followers, was well known. (Some sources say he had as many as 100 cars). Anti-cult groups claimed that he urged his disciples to sever their connection to their families of origin. It is true that he felt that the institution of the family was out of date and that it should be replaced with alternative forms of community and ways of caring for children. However, he actually encouraged individual disciples to make peace with their families. Many of the latter became disciples themselves, including Osho's own parents.He taught a form of Monism, that God was in everything and everyone. There is no division between "God" and "not-God". People, even at their worse, are divine. He recognized Jesus Christ as having attained enlightenment, and believed that he survived his crucifixion and moved to India where he died at the age of 112.
Osho was noted for reading very offensive jokes; some were anti-Semitic; others were anti-Roman Catholicism; others insulted just about every ethnic and religious group in the world. He explained that the purpose of these jokes was to shock people and to encourage them to examine their identification with and attachment to their ethnic or religious beliefs. His contention was that national, religious, gender and racial divisions are destructive.
Recent Developments
Osho repeatedly stated that he would not appoint a successor to replace him after his death. He viewed each disciple as his successor. However, before his death, he appointed an inner circle of 21 individuals to look after the functioning of the meditation resort at Pune and handle administrative affairs relating to his work. They now operate about 20 meditation centers worldwide. Rajneesh's main influence now is through his voluminous writings; they are read by many New Agers as well as followers of Osho.Osho Commune International® administers the center in Pune, India. Since it was founded, it has been expanded from 6 to 32 acres. The group has a Global Connections department that provides information about centers and activities worldwide. Osho International in New York, NY, administers the rights to Osho's works.
Some of Osho's aides who were imprisoned because of crimes committed in Oregon were released from prison in mid-1998 and deported to England.
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